System for editing time-based temporal digital media including a pointing device toggling between temporal and translation-rotation modes
US5790769A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 1995 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B27/034
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method that maps temporal control functions into a six degree of freedom pointing device. The six degree of freedom pointing device controls both transport and view modes within a time-based media editing system and allows a user to toggle between modes without losing visual contact with graphical objects appearing on a video screen.
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